Improvement in broom-heads



w.v D. STROUD.

` Broom 'HeadfY No. 56,119; j PaAte-nted July 3, 1866.

W/ TNESSEQJ //v VEN Tol? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.'

WILLIAM D. STROUD, OF OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN.

` Specification forming part of'Letters Patent No. 56,119., dated July3, 1866.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. STRoUD,of

p the cityy of Oshkosh, in the county Aof Winnebago and State ofWisconsin, have invented a new and Improved Device for a Broom-Head,whereby the same head and handle may, by refilling, as the broom becomesworn and unfit for use, be used indefinitely; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description oftheconst-ruction and mode of using the same, reference being had to theannexed drawin gs,makin g a part of this specification, in which- Figurel is a perspective view of the broom complete; Fig. 2, a perspectiveview of the head with binders and screws, wherein A A is the frame ofthehead; D D D' D are binders; C, a handle.

The head is made of tin or brass, or other flexible metal, in the formof two parallel bands, connected rigidly on each side in the center by astrip at right angles with the bands. The bands are of a length adaptedto the conical shape of the broom, and with holes, at or aboutone-quarter their length from the ends, to receive the screws thatsecure the binders. The broom handle is riveted or screwed to the centerconnecting-strip. The headis now ready for the filling. On being filledthe binders are placed one on each side of Veach band and the wholefirmly secured with screws through the bands and binders, and the broomis ready for use.

The bands of the broom-head A are made of flexible material, in orderthat they may more readily permit theinsertion of the broomstraw, whilethe binders D D arerigid, to give greater strength to the broom-headafter it is filled. .By allowing an open space between the upper andlower bands of the broom-head, in contradistinction to forming the headin one piece, decided advantages are obtained, viz: The broom is thusrendered much lighter-an important consideration-and, also, by reason ofthe open space between the bands, the brush or straw can be much moreeasily iuserted into the broom-head, as anykink or entanglement of thestraw can be readily seen and remedied by the hand, which is not thecase if the broom-head has no open space; and p there is a decidedadvantage, also, in the broom-heads being open at the top, around thehandle, as it can be more readily filled, the broom-straw not having tobe cut oft' at the butt until it is screwed up.

It will thus be readily perceived that a broom-head constructed as minehas the adbeing constructed and operated substantially i in the mannerand for the purpose set forth.-

V. D. STROUD.

Witnesses:

W. G. BITCH, GEO. F. STRoUD.

